December 03, 2013

Calligraphy Tutorial | the Capital Letter "E"

How's the practicing coming along? Good? Hopefully you were able to squeeze in some time over the long weekend to get a little lettering in. Maybe even for some Thanksgiving place-cards!

Today, were back with the capital letter "E"! HOORAY! "E" is a gorgeous letter...don't you think? So curvy and pretty. It's usually nice if you bring the "E" a little below your lowercase line to give it weight. See how the E's are all lower than the "m" next to it? It helps with the balance of the word and line of text that you're writing.

Each style shown is done in one stroke, with pressure as you come down and make the loops. The third options is a little different-but also really fun to try!

Which is your favorite? Try 'em all and see!

We want to see your progress...so be sure to tag your lettering practice pictures on Instagram with #letterschool. Also feel free to ask us questions at @antiquariadesign or leave us a comment below!

3 comments:

Love, love, love your tutorials. More videos please for us visual learners. I could spend all day watching them! I am waiting anxiously for your workshop here in Austin. Do you by any chance know what the price point might be? I have seen other workshops anywhere from $100-$600. I want to start saving and or dropping hints for Christmas ;).

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful art and your amazing talent!

Hi Pam,You are so sweet! We're thrilled to hear that you're loving the tutorials:)We will be starting our workshop series in Feb. 2014 in Austin, TX. We are pulling together all the specifics and will be sharing the details very soon (probably next week)! It will be set up as 2 one-day workshops with a discount for both days. Once everything is confirmed we'll announce more info & pricing.We'd love to have you in class with us!xoxoBailey

Hi Pam,The workshops are open for registration! We'd love to have you join us. You can find them on www.shopantiquaria.com under the workshops tab. They are $350 per day or $650 for the whole weekend. Let us know if you have any questions!xoxoBailey